Conical Hill Walk: 2 km in Canterbury
The Conical Hill Walk is a named day walk in Canterbury. The governing figure used here is 2 km (Hanmer Springs / DOC), not a straight line between towns.
Typical time on the route is 1 hour. Grade: Walking track. Season window: Year-round.
A village walk, not a wilderness tramp. Hanmer Springs is the bed and the pools. Pair with St James if you have a bike day.
The itinerary on this page is the published stop sequence: Hanmer Springs, Conical Hill track start, Lookout, Waipara. Cabins and holiday homes load live around each stop; hut and trailhead pins without a town page still search by radius.
Book DOC huts and Great Walks on the DOC system where that applies. Town beds are what this site lists. Carry the day’s food on remote legs — several of these routes have no shop between ends.
Stop by stop
Hanmer Springs — town and pools. Conical Hill track start — village edge. Lookout — basin view. Waipara — wine on the way back to CHCH.
Distances, grades and seasons above follow Hanmer Springs / DOC. Confirm opening dates, slips and hut bookings on the operator or DOC page before you travel; alpine and West Coast tracks close or reroute after weather.
